A Survey about Journalism in the Information Age Question Title * 1. Please tell us about yourself: Are you a reporter, editor, producer? What beats do you cover? What type(s) of media organization(s) do you work for? How long have you been a journalist? OK Question Title * 2. Do you think a platform that would pay journalists based on views, time visiting a story, or some other measure of engagement per story would be a good thing or a bad thing? Why? OK Question Title * 3. How difficult do you think it is to find outlets, platforms or publications that appropriately value journalistic work? Very Easy Easy Neither Difficult Nor Easy Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Difficult Nor Easy Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 4. What are your areas of expertise? OK Question Title * 5. Do you think there is an audience that would pay directly for your expertise? If so, what does this audience look like? OK Question Title * 6. Would you subscribe to a platform that would facilitate this? Yes No OK Question Title * 7. How difficult is it to find good stories no one else is doing? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 8. How difficult is it to react to breaking news with depth and context? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Dificult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Dificult OK Question Title * 9. How difficult is it to keep up with the developments your outlet covers regularly? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 10. How difficult is it for you to aggregate recent research or articles (past 6 months) that are relevant to a specific story or niche? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 11. How difficult is it for you to track what is trending on other media that is relevant to your beat or niche? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 12. How difficult is it for you to know the impact of your outlet's work? Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult Very Easy Easy Neither Easy nor Difficult Difficult Very Difficult OK Question Title * 13. About how many pitches do you receive each day from PR folks or from reporters? OK Question Title * 14. About what percentage of these is relevant to your work? OK Question Title * 15. What tools do you use, if any, to track reader/listener engagement with what you publish or other indicators of impact? OK Question Title * 16. What tools do you use to track others’ stories that might overlap with your work? OK Question Title * 17. To what extent do you decide to assign or cover stories based on what is trending or popular? To A Small Extent Somewhat To A Great Extent To A Small Extent Somewhat To A Great Extent OK Question Title * 18. May we contact you for follow-up questions and to give your opinion of apps under development related to these issues? Yes No OK Question Title * 19. If you answered Yes to Question 18, please provide contact information below: Name Email Address Phone Number OK DONE